Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Quotes

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
--> Anonymous

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
--> Erica Jong

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
--> Henry Ford

Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man.
--> Ecclesiastes

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
--> Joseph Addison

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
--> English Proverb

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
--> Hannah Whitall Smith

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.
--> Pierre Charron

People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.
--> Brendan Francis

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.
--> Anne Tyler

Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time.
--> Pericles

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.
--> Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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